NCT01526447

Effects of Craniosacral Therapy on Chronic Neck Pain

Effects of Craniosacral Therapy on Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determinate the efficacy and safety of Craniosacral Therapy in the treatment of chronic unspecific neck pain.

Detailed description

Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a variation of osteopathic manipulation with an integrative approach. By soft manual palpation of the craniosacral and fascia system sensory, motor, cognitive, and emotional processes can be influenced. In the prevention and treatment of chronic pain syndromes Craniosacral Therapy is demonstrated to be effective in clinical practice and quite a few scientific trials. But yet there are no randomized controlled studies concerning to chronic neck pain. So the aim of this study is to investigate whether a total of 8 CST units of 45 minutes will be effective in patients suffering from chronic nonspecific neck pain in contrast to sham therapy of the same extent. The prospective study design includes measurement points at baseline, post treatment, and 3 months follow-up.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Craniosacral Therapy	Standardized therapy protocol (according to Upledger): Still point technique, diaphragm release, compression-decompression and lift techniques of the cranial bones, facial balancing in the region of shoulder and pelvis and somato-emotional unwinding
PROCEDURE	Sham Craniosacral Therapy	Standardized sham protocol: Placing hands on various parts of the clothed body for two minutes each time without therapeutic intention

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2012-02-03
• Last updated: 2019-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany